Chenxi, the headquarters of the Navy of the Yamashiro government.

The Naval Headquarters of the Shancheng Government is not stationed in Shancheng like other military and political central institutions, but there is also a secret mine factory on the banks of the Yuanjiang River in Chenxi in Hunan Province, which can manufacture mines on its own.

The Yuan River, which leads northeast to Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River, is an important tributary and the second largest river in Hunan Province.

Speaking of which, the current Yamashiro government's navy is just an empty shelf with no name, and its status is much higher than that of the navy, whether it is the army or the air force, because at the beginning of the war, the navy wiped out all the few family foundations, and now it has become a subsidiary auxiliary force of the army.

Since the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the most tragic battle between the Yamashiro government's navy, land, and air forces was the navy, except for a few torpedo boats and small gunboats, the entire navy's ships were almost completely wiped out, and they were either sunk by the Japanese bombing or sunk themselves to block the shipping lanes, and the gap with the Japanese navy was too great.

Two Ford cars and two cargo trucks drove into the courtyard, and although this operation only had to borrow a mine-laying team and ten mines, Han Lin still went to the Navy General Headquarters to communicate with Chief Chen, which was also a sign of respect for the Navy.

"Hello Commander-in-Chief Chen, the lowly Han Lin has admired your name for a long time!" After Han Lin got out of the car, he saluted a general standing in the courtyard.

Before he came, he had already sent a telegram to Chen Houfu, commander-in-chief of the navy, through Director Chen of the second division of the chamberlain, asking the navy headquarters to transfer 20 elite mine-laying officers and men to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Anhui border guerrilla headquarters for a period of time, and to prepare 10 mines to take away.

"I have long heard that Deputy Director Han is an outstanding leader among the younger generation of our Shancheng government, and he has done a very good job in intelligence work, and is favored by the commission, and has cooperated very closely with Xue Boling and Chen Zhen, and has made outstanding contributions to the recapture of Yiling in the Sixth Theater and the defeat of the Japanese army three large-scale attacks in a row in the Ninth Theater, but he has never had the opportunity to get to know him, and today he has got what he wanted." Admiral Chen Houfu of the Navy General Headquarters shook hands with Han Lin with a smile.

Chenxi, where the Navy General Headquarters is located, and Enshi, where the headquarters of the Sixth Theater is located, and Tanzhou, where the headquarters of the Ninth Theater is located, happen to become a triangle, and they have contacts and cooperation with each other, so they naturally know that Han Lin has played a huge role.

"You guys get the stuff off the car! This time, I have brought you some cigarettes and tea to express my condolences to the brethren in the navy, and I ask you not to dislike it. Han Lin said.

Several guards who came with the car moved five boxes of Sijunzi brand cigarettes and two boxes of Qimen black tea from the car, all of which were produced in their own factories.

"On behalf of the General Headquarters, thank you Deputy Director Han for your kindness, let's come to my office to talk!" Chen Houfu said.

Facing the deputy director of the second division of President Jiang's chamberlain, although he was a dignified admiral, Chen Houfu had to be treated solemnly, but he knew that the young man in his thirties in front of him had a lot of weight in the heart of the commission, and some people said that Han Lin was red and purple in front of the commission.

Chen Wei and Xue Boling praised Han Lin when they talked, saying that he was quick-witted, had a strong strategic vision, and was often able to find opportunities in the enemy's actions.

The most obvious example is that during the Second Battle of Tanzhou, Han Lin learned that a brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army had been transferred to attack Tanzhou, resulting in the emptiness of Yiling's defense, so he sent agents into Yiling in advance to lurk, and personally went to the headquarters of the Sixth Theater to help Chen Ji make up his mind, prompting Chen Wei to personally go to the front line to supervise the battle, recapture Yiling in one fell swoop, and force the commander of the Japanese division, Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro, to commit suicide.

Xue Boling mentioned that in order to prevent the army of the Ninth Theater from aiding the port city, the Japanese army launched a third large-scale attack, but Han Lin found the weakness of the Japanese army and led the guerrillas to attack the Japanese army's logistics supply line, forcing the Japanese army to run out of ammunition and food, and finally the Ninth Theater won a major victory.

"This time I borrowed someone from the commander-in-chief of the navy to carry out a secret mission, the Americans moved the army's medium bomber B-25 to the aircraft carrier Hornet, and took off from the aircraft carrier to bomb Tokyo and many cities, the Japanese army was worried that our several airfields in Zhejiang Province would become a springboard for American bombers, so they were gathering troops and preparing to launch a large-scale attack on the third theater, involving Zhejiang Province and Jiangxi Province, this battle, I call it the Battle of Zhejiang and Jiangxi."

"Zhejiang Province is characterized by the development of inland waterway shipping, and in order to delay the enemy's attack and prevent water transportation, I want to use mines to block the shipping lanes. The current mines are all triggered, which also requires the installation of professionals, and I can only borrow people from the minelaying team from you to assist me in carrying out this mission. Han Lin said.

"It's all for the War of Resistance, since Deputy Director Han is in need, of course we have to do our best to assist, ten mines are too few, bring more, our family has enough mines, two or three hundred are no problem." Chen Houfu smiled and said.

Who do you look down upon? Although there are only fifteen gunboats and torpedo boats left under the command of the Navy General Headquarters, it has its own arsenal, and its main task is to lay mines in the inland waterways of the Yangtze River and the south of the Yangtze River, so the output is not low, and this is also the only tactic that the Navy can prove its value.

"Sir Chen, the purpose of asking for these ten mines is to carry out a special mission, not to completely block the shipping lane, as long as one mine explodes, causing the loss of troop carriers or grain carriers, the Japanese army will give up water transportation, it takes a lot of time to clear mines, and they will try to use relatively safe methods during the operation, so as not to affect the front-line supply of the Japanese army." Han Lin shook his head and said.

"This mine-laying team is the backbone of my selection from the mine-laying team, the actual combat experience is very rich, the operation technology is excellent, it will be temporarily placed in your guerrilla headquarters, maybe there will be a place to use in the future, I will also bring you more mines, it is not easy to travel long distances to Chenxi, don't think about it when the time comes, but it is too late to transport." Chen Houfu said.

"Of course, this is the best, thank you Chief Chen for your support to me, I will treat these brothers equally, and I will never treat them badly." Han Lin said.

When he came, Han Lin stayed at the Navy General Headquarters for lunch, which was nothing more than the chicken and fish he bought on purpose, making a fish head stew with two chickens, and there was no delicacies from the mountains and seas, which was already a high-standard reception.

When Han Lin came to the courtyard, there were twenty more officers and soldiers next to the transport truck, led by a major, and forty mines were also loaded onto the truck, and there were wooden boxes outside to provide protection.

This kind of mine made by the arsenal of the naval headquarters of the mountain city government is not the spherical shape used by Western countries, but a cylindrical shape, which looks like a closed iron barrel at both ends, with four trigger devices, each weighing 50 kilograms, and the explosive force is quite considerable.

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